Defence Says Purposeful Prosecutor Delayed Equipment for First Witnesses

Misethic, in the parachute delivered on 13 September, said that after he has finished presenting his evidence, the prosecution is engaged in severe judicial tactics on the eve of presenting defence evidence, reports the “Bet on Justice“.

It says that deliberately, the prosecution has not revealed some evidence of protection contrary to its obligations. According to the defence, it was meant to prevent their ability to present its defence case.

The defence says that 4 July has submitted a request for the discovery of materials under Rule 102 (3), offering a list of 21 important names in this case and demanding the discovery of any statements -- included in their official and non-star ones.

The defence had said they needed these materials as soon as possible before July 21st, 2025.

Between July 4th and September 11, 2025, Z. The SP found about 500 items defined in response to the defense request. According to protection, nearly 2/3 of these articles were discovered only on or after August 29, 2025.

And on September 11, 2025, the defence had announced the parties and participants for the despondition order for the week starting on September 15th. According to the defense, three hours later the Prosecution discovered other materials containing 55 articles, which 36 had to do with the first two witnesses of protection.

Then, 30 minutes later, according to the defense, the prosecution had discovered 30 materials from which 25 were important to Witness James Ruby and an important one for the next witness.

On 12 nights, the defence had asked the SPS to confirm that all discovered materials related to the first and second witnesses had come to the prosecution's possession only from September 1st 2025, demanding that in case there were, show which materials they had available before September 1st.

According to the defence, the prosecution's response reveals that it has violated its obligation to reveal without delay the materials for defence.

The defense also said that the prosecution had insisted that 24 of the 36 articles related to the first two witnesses were available publicly, and the other two reproduced public information.

“Then the SPS confirmed that 24 of the publicly available articles had been received since September 1st 2025, and the other 10 were received between 19 August and 26 August 2025. The two articles that reproduce publicly available information are extracts of reports from other articles that were owned by SPS before July 4th 2025, but later linked extracts were registered on August 26th 2025”, the document said.

The defense claims that although these documents were in possession of the Prosecution, they were not issued in time for protection.

“Keeping hidden information exposed until a working day before witnessing 1 DW-003 and four days after the completion of his preparation session, the protection capacity to prepare is materially hampered. According to each measure, this delay is a violation of demand in Rule 1020). Z The SP kept the discovery hidden for the purpose of benefiting a procedural advantage. For example, SPS asked widely 1 DW-001 in terms of its commitments with Kosovo and representatives of the Kosovo government since 1999. These connections and the work of 1DW-001 are described in some of the documents discovered in the 1773 Intelligence Pack, including SPOERE393245-00393267, SPOE40010609-40010632-400106060606060606060606060643, SPOE40010668-40010708, SPOE40010718-40010719. All except one of these articles were owned by SPS on 19 August 2025; the other was taken on 26 August 2025. It was all used as the basis for questioning 1DW-001 on September 2nd, 2025. No one was discovered until September 11th 2025”, said in the defence building.

Under Defense, Z The SP has earlier told the court that it is able to identify available information publicly, archive it and discover it in less than 24 hours.

As a result, defence says the ZPS' deliberate non-intelligence of materials related to defence witnesses for several weeks is tactical.

Two days ago, on 14 September 2025, a mass protest was held in The Hague in support of former KLA leaders, attended by citizens from all Albanian and numerous exiles.

DPSK has indicated that November 14th 2025 is set as the date for the completion of the defence issue in this case, while the final parameters of the process and statements on the impact of alleged crimes on victims participating in the procedure are scheduled to be submitted until December 22nd 2025.

Meanwhile, on April 15th 2025, the prosecution has announced that it has completed presenting evidence in the case.

While, the defence had applied according to the 130th Rule, which envisions a request to drop any charges or charges altogether in the indictment. The decision on this requirement was made on 16 July 2025. According to the chairman of the panel, Charles Smith III, what he had sought protection was his failure to rely on war crimes claims involving incidents that occurred before May 1998 and after June 20, 1999.

The trial “Trug notes that incidents and events that have occurred at the time opposed by defence are not accusations within the understanding of the 130” rule, the chairman of the court, Charles Smith III, said.

As a result, this motion had been dropped with the reasoning that the court's authority is to bring down material that constitutes accusations involving time causes. While, the same day, the protection of the victims had presented its evidence, calling two expert witnesses to testify simultaneously.

In addition to testifying on July 16, 2025, the testimony of these two witnesses continued on July 17, 2025, ending the testimony of the victims' defense witnesses.

The Specialised Prosecutor's Office, on September 30th 2022, has handed over the confirmed amended indictment against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi, which consists of ten points on charges, where the latter are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On April 29th 2022, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office had handed over a amended indictment to Hashim Thaci, Kadri Wessel, Rexhepi and Jakup Krasniqi, where four indictees have committed war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semtish.

On November 9th 2020, in their first appearances, Hashim Thaci's Jakup Krasniqi has been declared innocent of the charges placed on them. Wessel has also been declared in his presentation on November 10th, as has Rexhep Selimi on November 11th.

The incident against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi is confirmed on October 26, 2020. /Periscope/